An Update from WAM Summer School
The Centre for Women, Ageing and Media (WAM) celebrated its ten year anniversary at its sixth international summer school in June this year. This took place in Gloucestershire in England. WAM2017 took ‘Noisy Women’ as its theme and the summer school lived up to the promise.
Dawn, Life, Moonlight
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Media /by ACTPhotography Exhibit
“Fingers on the Line” wins prize for best short documentary film
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Les aînés sourds et la technologie, News, Project updates /by Constance LafontaineLine Grenier, Véro Leduc and Pamela Witcher took home the prize for best short documentary film at the Toronto International Deaf Film & Arts.
ACT at Congress 2017
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, News /by Constance LafontaineSeveral ACT members will present their research at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, to be held at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada from May 27 to June 2, 2017.
Older adults reflect on austerity
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events /by Constance LafontaineWe asked five Montreal seniors what austerity means to them, and how the politics of austerity and ageing intersect in their lives.
Vote for CARE REBELS pilot
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Care Revolution, News, Project updates /by Constance LafontaineWith the support of TELUS Fund and ACT, our partner Catbird Productions, along with the co-creators Helene Klodawsky, Caroline Bâcle and their team, has completed CARE REBELS – JANET TORGE AND RADICAL RESTHOMES, a 5 minute pilot episode for a six part web series. Each episode in the series will profile an individual who is breaking barriers for unpaid […]
Walking with Locals
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, In focus /by Kendra BesangerA glimpse at the impact of gentrification on older residents in Chinatown.
Digital Photography Vernissage in Montreal
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events, Interaction, Project updates /by Constance LafontaineOver the course of the last two months, ACT research assistants and students, Ashley McAskill and Kelly Leonard, alongside ACT community partner, Groupe Harmonie, have been facilitating a creative digital photography workshop with three participants at an HLM downtown Montreal. On April 20th, we invite you to come and see the final outcome of this workshop, […]
Benefit concert for RECAA “Friendly Neighbours”
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events /by Constance LafontaineOn April 26 at the Rialto Theatre, ACT partner Respecting Elders: Communities against Abuse (RECAA) and Montreal Assault Prevention are hosting a benefit concert, featuring some great local talent. The concert is organized by Pop Montreal. Tickets are $25 and some of the performing guests include Brad Barr (the Barr Brothers), Jordan Officer, Katie Moore, Plants and […]
A Recipe for Activism: The Politics and Joy of Cooking
/0 Comments/in In focus /by Tricia TosoWhat do you get when you mix equal parts of social activism and a love of food within a group of older adults?
MA student Kelly Leonard wins prize for research poster
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, News /by Constance LafontaineOn March 16, 2017, Kelly Leonard, ACT Research Assistant and MA Student at Concordia University, presented a research poster as part of Concordia’s Individualized Program Research Day. Leonard’s poster, entitled “Practitioners’ perspective on Computer and Tablet Use in Therapeutic Recreation Practice,” was was awarded second place for best poster in the MA Student category. Leonard’s […]
Call for student applications: GUSEGG
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, CFP, Graz Summer School Seggau /by Constance LafontaineACT is sponsoring a module on ageing, communication and technologies as part of the Graz International Summer School Seggau (GUSEGG), to be held in July 2017 and organized by the University of Graz. This year the module focusses on (Re)configuring Age and Ageing: Critical Mediations in Critical Times, and is taught by ACT researchers Line […]
End of fieldwork for Smartwatches, adoption(s) and appropriation(s)
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, News, Project updates, Smart Watches /by Constance LafontaineThe team for the ACT-funded research project Smartwatches, adoption(s) and appropriations(s) has recently completed one year of fieldwork. The fieldwork extended from Winter 2015/16 to Winter 2016/17. During this amazing period we conducted bi.monthly semi-structured interviews with participants, and performed a usability test. Interviews were recorded and transcribed and we are now analyzing them to bring the […]